4. In order to improve her skill, she make full use

　　 ____ her chance to practise.

3. -- What do you think ____ Andrew?

　 -- There are some things that are not easy to put

　 　　____　 ____, and his coldness is one.

2. They were standing so far away that 1 couldn't make

　　 ____ their faces clearly.

1. In Britain today women make ____ 44% of the

　 workforce, and nearly half the mothers with children

　 are in paid work.

8. take up 对……产生兴趣；从事；占用

　 Her time is fully taken uD with writing.

　 她的时间完全被写作占满了。

　 This table takes uD too much room.

　 这张桌子太占地方。

　 [拓展] bring up 抚养，教育come up 上来，抬头

　 eat up 吃光　 end up 结束　 keep up 保持　 make up

　 组成，弥补　 pick up 拣起　 put up 张贴　 stay up 熬

　 夜，挺住　 set up 建立　 turn up 出现　 wake up 醒来

[考点2]含 “with构成的动词短语”

① be fed up with 厌倦

③ be filled with 充满

③ catch up with 赶上

④ come up with 找到，提出(答案、解决办法等)

⑤ get on well with 与……相处融洽

⑥ quarrel with 吵架

⑦ stay / keep / be in touch with 与……保持联系

⑧ end up with 以……告终

⑨ keep up with 跟上，赶上

⑩ come to terms with 甘心忍受。使自己顺从于某事物⑨ talk with 与某人交谈

⑥ agree with 同意……意见(想法)，符合，一致

⑩ disagree with 不同意

⑩ struggle / fight with 和……战斗／斗争

⑩ work with 用……干，和……工作

⑩ put up with 忍受

[例句] Filled with smoke, the room is not pleasant to

stay in. 房间里烟雾弥漫，在里面呆着不舒服。

She came up with a new idea for increasing sales. 她想

出了增加销售量的新主意。

You'll just have to come to terms with the fact that you

are fired. 你不得不接受的现实情况是你被解雇了。

The child was fed up with listening to tim same story.

孩子厌烦听同一个故事。

I can't keep up with all the changes in computer tech-

nology．计算机技术的各种改进有些我已经跟不上了。

[考例2](2001京、蒙、皖春招)Would you slow down a

bit, please? I can't ____ you.

　　　 A. keep up with　　　　 B. put up with

　　　 C. make up to　　　　　 D. hold on to

[考查目标] 此题主要考查四个短语的意思。

[答案与解析]A　 keep up with 跟上；put up with 忍

受；make up to 是错误搭配；hold on to 坚持。本句话意

思是“请你慢一点儿好吗?我跟不上”。

[考点3]含“动词构成的of短语”

① be afraid of 害怕

② be proud of 以……自豪

③ be full of 充满

④ hear of 听说

⑤ make use of 利用

⑥ speak highly of 称赞

⑦ think highly of 对……高度评价

⑧ take care of 照顾，照料

⑨ think of 认为，想起

⑩ take possession of 占有，占领

⑩ be sure of 对……有把握

⑩ rob...of... 抢劫……

⑩ think of...a...认为……是……

[例句]I didn't menti’on it because I was afraid of upset-

ting him. 我没有提起那件事，因为我怕他心烦意乱。

He felt very proud of having a friend with such noble

ideas. 他非常自豪的是有这样一位思想高尚的朋友。

Make full use of every chance you have to speak Eng-

lish. 要充分利用一切机会说英语。

His work is highly thought of by the critics. 他的作品

深受评论家推崇。

I did think of resigning, but I decided not to. 我原来确

实打算辞职，但后来打消了这个念头。

[考例3](NMET 1988) The passengers were robbed ____

　　 all their money．

　　 A. of　　 B. off

　　 C. from　　 D. away

[考查目标] 此题主要考查 rob的 用法。

[答案与解析]A rob 构成短语rob sb. of sth“抢夺某人

的东西”。

[牛刀小试2]

在下列句子的空白处填上适当的介词或副词：

9. make up 组成，构成，补充，编造

　 The workers and peasants make up the majority of the

　 populationn of our country.

　 工人和农民占我国人口的大多数。

　 We must make up his loss somehow.

　 我们必须想办法弥补他的损失。

　 The whole story is made up.

　 这个事情完全是虚构出来的。

　 The actor made himself uD as an old peasant.

　 这个演员把自己化装成一个老农民。

6. die down 变弱，渐熄，逐渐消失

　 The excitement died down as time went by.

　 随着时间的过去，激动心情渐渐平息下来。

　 The noise has died down. 喧闹声小下来了。

　 The wind has died down obviously. 风已明显减弱了。

　 [拓展] die out 死光，灭绝，消失

　 The fire died out. 火灭了。

　 die away 指(风，声音) 逐渐消失

　 The noises of the bovs died away.

　 男孩子们的吵闹声消失了。

　 die for 为……而死；渴望；切望

[考点l]含"make + 介词／副词”的短语

① make for 走向，有助于

② make into 把……制成

③ be made from / of / in / by / out of 由……制成

④ make up 弥补，拼凑成，组成，铺(床)。捏造．虚构

⑤ make out 填写，完成，设法应付，领悟，弄明白，发现

　 真相

⑥ make over 转让，改造

[例句] How did he make out while his wife was away?

他妻子不在家时他足怎么生活的?

We made up the bed in the spare room for our guest. 我

们在空着的房间里给客人铺好床。

I couldn't remember a story to tell the children, so I

　made one up as I went along. 我想不出有什么故事可给

孩子讲了，只好现编现讲。

We are making our attic into an extra bedroom. 我们正

在把阁楼装成一间额外的卧室。

Constant arguing doesn't make for a happy marriage. 经

常争吵不利于维系美满的婚姻。

[考例1](2003北京春招) The idea puzzled me so much

that I stopped for a few seconds to try to ____.

　　 A. make it out　　 B. make it off

　　 C. make it up　　 D. make it over

[考查目标] 此题主要考查四个短语的意思。

[答案与解析]A　 make out领悟。弄明白。发现真相；

make off连忙跑掉；make up弥补。打扮，组成；make

over转让，改造。本句意为：因为受到迷惑。所以应该试

图发现真相。

7. around the corner 就在附近，即将来临，发生

　 Victory is just around the comer; make one more

　 effort.

　 胜利即将来临，再努一把力。

　 The bank is around the comer, you can't miss it.

　 银行就在附近，你不会错过它的。

　 [拓展] cut corners 偷工减料

　 cut the corner 抄近路

3. almost, nearly

　 (1) almost一般指事实的陈述，而nearly则带有一定

　 的感情色彩。

　 The book cost me almost 30 yuan. (只陈述事实)

　 The honk costme nearly 30 yuan. (指嫌贵的意思)

　 (2) almost 后可跟never, no, none, nobody, nothing

　 等具有否定意义的词，而nearly不能。

　 Almost noone got to school on time yesterday.

　 (3) 在more than, any, too之前通常用almost，而不

　 用nearly。

　 Almost more than ten students failed in the exam.

　 不及格的学生几乎不止十个。

　 (4) nearly之前可用very, not, pretty修饰，而almast

　 则不能。

　 It's very nearly dark. Let's go home.

　 灭怏黑了，咱们刚家吧!

　 [注意] 有时almost与nearly町以互换，但如果要表

　 达“差一点儿”，还足用almost确切。

[短语归类]

2. alone, lonely

　 (1) alone 既可用作形容词，又可用作副词，意为“独

　 自的(地)，单独的(地)”，侧重于说明独自一个人，没

　 有同伴或助手，指的是客观情况。

　 ① alone 用作形容词时，一般与be动词连用，在句中

　 作表语。例如：

　 She is alone at home. 她一个人在家。

　 He is not alone in this idea.

　 有这种想法的不只是他一个人。

　 ② alone 用作副词时，修饰动词，放于动词后面作状

　 语。

　 Han Mei was reading alone when the teacher came into

　 the classroom.

　 ③ alone用作副词也可作定语，意为“只有，仅仅”，但

　 必须置于它所修饰的名词或代词之后。

　 He alone was in the street.

　 This year alone, we've already planted ten thousand

　 trees.

　 (2) lonely只用作形容词，它在句中既可作定语，又可

　 作表语，表示“孤独的，寂寞的”意思，该词带有浓厚

　 的感情色彩，具有“渴望得到同伴”的含义，其比较级

　 形式为lonelier。

　 ① lonely 用作定语时，意为“孤单的，无伴侣的，荒凉

　 的，偏僻的”。

　 At heart, I'm a lonely man. 内心深处，我很孤独。

　 That's a lonely island. 那足个孤岛。

　 ② lonely用作表语时，可以表示“孤寂的，寂寞的”意

　 思。

　 We never feel lonely in America.

　 在美国我们从不觉得孤独。

　 I was alone, but I didn't feel lonely.

　 我独自一人，但我并不感到孤独。